Lord knows this has been one stressful year! The election, wars, hurricanes, wildfires, killers on the loose, and more. Movies, series, and ... [Continue Story]
Public Affairs
Maryland’s flagging economy and transportation infrastructure linked
Efforts to bolster Maryland’s flagging economy and ease projected budget deficits may hinge on improving the state’s transit and road systems. But ... [Continue Story]
- Historic Maryland Inn Invites Public for Its Festive Célébration de Noël Christmas Event
- High quality oysters, fickle market greeting new season
- Five-year Maryland state budget projection foresees ‘enormous gap’ not seen in two decades
- Radcliffe Creek School Announces Pies & Poinsettias Fundraiser
- Alsobrooks makes history in Senate race, as Hogan cannot repeat his magic
- Moore, GOP lawmakers and civil leaders celebrate groundbreaking on new hospital
Centreville Highlights
Kent Island Has Its Day by Brent Lewis
This year’s Kent Island Day, an annual family-friendly event organized by the Kent Island Heritage Society to celebrate the historical and cultural ... [Continue Story]
- Spy Minute: Is the Millstream Trail One of the Best on the Mid-Shore?
- Hitting the Mark: QAC’s 4-H Marksmanship Club at 50
- “God of Carnage”: A Chat With CHT Director Michael Whitehill
- Eastern Shore Democratic Summit Held
- Mrs. Madelyn Hollis Takes a Bow: A Celebration of a Teacher’s Life
- The Road from Here: A Chat with Eastern Shore Land Conservancy President Steve Kline
Spy Highlights
From and Fuller: The Politics of Presidential Pardons and Trump Transition Bumps
Every Thursday, the Spy hosts a conversation with Al From and Craig Fuller on the most topical political news of the moment. This week, From and ... [Continue Story]
- Benedictine’s Nancy Morris and a lifetime career of caring in Ridgley
- From and Fuller: The Trump agenda and the realities of governing
- From and Fuller: Trump cabinet appointments and the future of “Talking Heads” media
- Spy Concert Review: MSO Performs Beethoven’s 5th by Steve Parks
- From and Fuller: The eating of political crow with election predictions and the gender and race impact on the 2024 Election
- Spy Daybook: How museums offer a cure for loneliness in modern America by Daedelus Hoffman
The Arts and Design
Spy Concert Review: MSO’s Joy to the Season by Steve Parks
A “Holiday Joy” concert by the Mid-Atlantic Symphony Orchestra, led by maestro Michael Repper, is a lot more than Jolly St. Nick, “Joy to the World” ... [Continue Story]
- The Magic of Celtic Music: A Chat with Harp and Soul’s Meredith Davies Hadaway
- Step into elegance: The Bugatti Exhibition Preview Gala Reception
- Mid-Shore Arts: Bria Skonberg to bring jazz and joy to Oxford
- Mid-Shore Arts and Letters: Marcelo Antinori’s global journey of writing and adventure
- Salon Talks at the Trippe Gallery with Jill Basham
- Beyond black and white: Oerdy Hummel’s journey of art, freedom, and color
Ecosystem
Maryland Levies Fines on Perdue, Valley Proteins for Environmental Violations
Two major agricultural companies ramped up operations recently on Maryland’s Eastern Shore, and the environment paid a price, according to the ... [Continue Story]
- Bay Climate Adaptation: The TNC Guide in Finding the Money for Major Infrastructure Change
- Mid-Shore Arts Plein Air Easton and ESLC Pair Up to Promote Land Conservation
- Wild-Caught Chesapeake Blue Catfish Phenomenon Booming: Thank Goodness
- Blue Crab Populations are Down, But Experts are Not Worried
- First Baby Eagles Hatch on Reborn Chesapeake Island
- A Defining Moment for the Lakeside Development? A Chat with County Council Member Pete Lesher
Maryland News
State considers replacing Bay Bridge with new, wider spans along path of current crossing – Maryland Matters
State officials are seeking public input on their plan for a Chesapeake Bay Bridge that could be up to 10 lanes wide, connecting motorists to and from ... [Continue Story]
- Tubman receives posthumous commission as general
- Some answers and some questions about what’s ahead
- State pays out $5.4 million following IRS audit
- Poll workers are in high demand in Maryland – especially Republicans
- Tens of millions pour into Maryland Senate race in past three months alone
- Advocates fear voter complacency amid broad support for abortion ballot measure
Shore Health
Mid-Shore Health: The war against lung cancer with Drs. Rashmi Benda and David Oliver
It is very much the case that society's health war against cancer has made significant, sometimes astonishing progress in this century, but there ... [Continue Story]
- Health advocates: Maryland needs to improve screening efforts for lung cancer
- Mid-Shore Health: Domestic violence on the Mid-Shore with Angie Price and Jeanne Yeager
- Let’s Talk About It: The reality of intergenerational trauma with For All Seasons CEO Beth Anne Dorman
- Let’s Talk About It: Suicide on the Mid-Shore with For All Seasons CEO Beth Anne Dorman
- Having a Baby in the 21st Century with Shore Health’s Jessica Genrich and Stephanie Blades
- Six Marylanders hospitalized so far in listeria outbreak tied to deli meats
Mid-Shore Education
Slight increases on Maryland’s annual report card, but changes could be coming
Maryland’s 1,303 public schools saw slight gains on the state Department of Education’s annual report card, which rates schools on measures including ... [Continue Story]
- Radcliffe Creek School awarded grant to support students with ADHD and anxiety
- Prekindergarten Expansion For Private Providers Off To A Slow Start
- Spy Survey Summary on Learning for a Lifetime on the Mid-Shore
- The CBMM PATRIOT’s Dynamic Duo: A Chat with Joyce and Matt Gauthier
- Radcliffe Creek School Initiates Search for Head of School
- Kids Count: Maryland fell behind majority of states in childhood health indicators
Brevities
Traditions by Katherine Emery
Holiday traditions around the world highlight the diversity of human cultures. I recently read an article about the tradition in Iceland of giving ... [Continue Story]
Community News
Historic Maryland Inn Invites Public for Its Festive Célébration de Noël Christmas Event
Chestertown’s storied boutique hotel, Brampton 1860, will provide the nostalgic backdrop for a festive holiday gathering on Saturday, December 21st ... [Continue Story]
- Mid-Shore Gives: Join our Giving Day ~ December 3rd!
- Delmarva Community Services Needs cold weather shelter monitors & funds for winter months
- Delmarva Community Services Community Action Center aids clients experiencing poverty and unexpected crises
- 2024 YMCA Turkey Trot returns on Thanksgiving day
- Mid-Shore Community Foundation to host Giving Day Event
- The Bay Bridge Run is Sunday, November 10: What you need know about detours and traffic
Senior Life
Enjoy the health benefits of Thanksgiving Day by Susan Covey
Have you always thought the traditional Thanksgiving meal was full of empty calories? Not so! One ounce of turkey, for instance, provides 8 grams ... [Continue Story]
- Upper Shore Aging Hosts the Re-Dedication of the Amy Lynn Ferris Adult Activity Center
- Herb Cain Appointed Executive Director of Upper Shore Aging
- Water, Water Everywhere…For Drinking, Playing And Exercising!
- Londonderry on the Tred Avon Named “Best Retirement Community” by What’s Up Eastern Shore for Ninth Consecutive Year
- Upper Shore Aging Honors Volunteers
- Talbot County Commission on Aging to host a Senior Resource Fair
Art Notes
Tune in to see the Chester River Chorale on Television December 9
Not just one, but TWO, Chester River Chorale performances were selected to be part of WETA Arts Songs of the Season 2024 holiday special! The Chester ... [Continue Story]
- Mid-Atlantic Symphony Brass Quintet to perform holiday concerts across the Delmarva peninsula
- Academy Art Museum announces members’ exhibition 2024
- Queen Anne’s Chorale at Chesapeake College December 7
- Mid-Atlantic Symphony’s Holiday Joy Concerts: A Magical Celebration of the Season featuring Tenor Jonathan Pierce Rhodes
- November & December 2024 upcoming activities Oxford Community Center
- Pretty in Pink Art Show and Sale raises $13,918 to benefit patient care and outreach programs
Ecosystem Notes
ESLC conserves 182 acres in Talbot and Caroline Counties
Eastern Shore Land Conservancy (ESLC) recently celebrated two new conservation easements on the farms of Donald and Susan Harris, and their sons ... [Continue Story]
- What’s next: The future of the Chesapeake Bay cleanup
- ESLC conserves Camp Grove Point as addition to Grove Farm WMA
- ShoreRivers expands Green Center work to Dorchester County
- New solar panels power Pickering Creek campus
- ESLC leads Maryland land trust response to potential solar legislation
- Shorerivers’ monitoring season includes first-ever bacteria blitz
Education Notes
Radcliffe Creek School awarded grant to support students with ADHD and anxiety
Radcliffe Creek School (RCS) was recently awarded a grant from the Queen Anne’s County Mental Health Committee (QACMHC) to provide the School’s ... [Continue Story]
- Half of ‘extreme’ school board candidates targeted by Md. Democratic Party win their races
- Radcliffe Creek School Announces Pies & Poinsettias Fundraiser
- Birdies for Benedictine Charity Golf Tournament raises nearly $33,000 to support programs and services
- Radcliffe Creek School Announces New Head of School
- Gunston’s 9th Bull & Oyster event sets record, raises $170,000
- Americans are less engaged than ever, and that’s a problem
Health Notes
Choptank Health’s Sara Rich named Maryland’s Community Star
Choptank Community Health System President and CEO Sara Rich, MPA, has been named Maryland’s 2024 Community Star by the National Organization of State ... [Continue Story]
- Maryland needs another 30,000 behavioral health workers to meet growing demand
- Kent and QA’s SCOT wins statewide rural health award
- Choptank Community Health recognizes National Rural Health Day
- Dr. Mariel Buqué Enlightens Community About Intergenerational Trauma
- Compass Winter Volunteer Training
- Talbot’s FiRST™ brings bold mental health solutions to county’s First Responders
Food Friday
Food Friday: ‘Tis cookie season!
I am thinking about the Christmas cookies I am going to bake to mail to our far-flung friends and family, and some more to give to the neighbors, and ... [Continue Story]
Looking at the Masters with Beverly Smith
Looking at the Masters: A Christmas Carol
Charles Dickens’s A Christmas Carol was published by Chapman and Hall in London in1843. The first illustrator John Leech created four hand-colored ... [Continue Story]
Design with Jenn Martella
Design with Jenn Martella: Fox Harbor Farm
This one-of-a-kind property in Royal Oak has it all-145 acres of peace and privacy with a long view of Fox Hole Creek leading to the ... [Continue Story]
- Looking at the Masters: Of turkeys and Thanksgiving
- Design with Jenn Martella: Third Haven Friends meeting complex
- Design with Jenn Martella: The Point at Broadview
- Design with Jenn Martella: Bella Bay Vista
- Design with Jenn Martella: Transformation on Talbot
- House of the Week: French country at Ratcliffe Farm
From and Fuller Podcast
From and Fuller: The Trump agenda and the realities of governing
Every Thursday, the Spy hosts a conversation with Al From and Craig Fuller on the most topical political news of the moment. This week, From and ... [Continue Story]
- From and Fuller: Trump cabinet appointments and the future of “Talking Heads” media
- From and Fuller: The eating of political crow with election predictions and the gender and race impact on the 2024 Election
- From and Fuller: Final predictions for Election Day and fatal flaws in Harris and Trump Campaigns
- From & Fuller on voting
- From and Fuller: Early clues on election night of a Harris or Trump victory and Donald Trump’s Arnold Palmer moment
- From and Fuller: F/F Live at the Avalon
Columnist J.E. Dean
Stop the malarky about the Hunter Biden pardon by J.E. Dean
In June, Hunter Biden was convicted of three felonies for lying on a mandatory disclosure form while purchasing a gun. President Biden’s son lied ... [Continue Story]
- I’m thankful for Lucca by J.E. Dean
- Trump 2.0: Too real to be funny by John Dean
- Trump looks like he will keep his promises—that is the problem by J.E. Dean
- Trump’s Win is a Tragedy for America by J.E. Dean
- The chaos of the 2024 election has begun by J.E. Dean
- Is Elon Musk Trying to Buy the 2024 Election? by J.E. Dean
Columnist Howard Freedlander
Out and About (Sort of): Stars in Different Realms by Howard Freedlander
What did Willie Mays and Donald Sutherland have in common? Nothing. Except an overriding desire to excel in each’s craft. Mays was a true wonder ... [Continue Story]
- Out and About (Sort of): Slavery of Thought by Howard Freedlander
- Out and About (Sort of): Higher Education on Edge by Howard Freedlander
- Strike for Democracy by Howard Freedlander
- Out and About (Sort of): American Voter by Howard Freedlander
- Out and About (Sort of): Hospice Heroes by Howard Freedlander
- Out and About (Sort of): An Apolitical Document Fails by Howard Freedlander
Columnist Craig Fuller
MPT, the Chesapeake Bay and Viewers Like You: A Chat with Station Manager Steven Schupak
While there are a number of things that bring all Marylanders together, crabs being the best known, there has always been special affection for ... [Continue Story]
- So Much Money, So Little Time by Craig Fuller
- One Amazing Story by One Amazing Individual by Craig Fuller
- A Presidential Debate: No Commission / No Audience / Perhaps, No Gloves by Craig Fuller
- An Enjoyable and Important White House Story by Craig Fuller
- Biden’s Two Biggest Problems: Perception and Trust by Craig Fuller
- An Important Set of Facts – It’s Up to You to Form an Opinion by Craig Fuller
Columnist Jamie Kirkpatrick
’Tis the Season by Jamie Kirkpatrick
And just like that, it’s the holiday season. First, there’s that (snow) flurry of family, friends, football, and food we call Thanksgiving. It’s late ... [Continue Story]
Columnist Laura Oliver
Fire Talkers By Laura J. Oliver
My Great-Grandfather Anderson was chopping milkweed one day, got the juice on his arms, and broke out in a rash that eventually extended all the way ... [Continue Story]
Columnist Angela Rieck
The tyranny of dinner by Angela Rieck
Years ago, I was congratulating a mother whose youngest child had graduated from high school with honors. She was gracious, and said that she was ... [Continue Story]
Columnist Al Sikes
Watch out for the snakes by Al Sikes
Predictably much of the reporting on President-Elect Trump’s formation of a new administration is relatively negative. On a scale of 0 to 10 with 10 ... [Continue Story]
Opinion
Reflections on cabinet choices by J.T. Smith
Last week President-elect Trump proved his wish to be a “disrupter” by announcing several capricious and extraordinary choices for some of the most ... [Continue Story]
- Balancing Growth and Green: Chestertown’s Greenbelt Plan Faces a Solar Challenge by Steve Kline
- Andy Harris and our right to vote by Heather Mizeur
- Striking Out at Camden: How Three Bad Seasons Sent A Once Proud Franchise Into A Decade Long Tailspin
- Sunset for Sea Stars? By Rob Etgen
- We’re All Stocked Up on Crazies by Maria Grant
- What Difference Does It Make? By Maria Grant
Letters to the Editor
Letter to the Editor: Will Rogers
Correspondents for cable news seem to have found a favorite spot in the United States Capitol to file their reports. They stand so close to a statue ... [Continue Story]
- Letter to Editor: Delmarva Pride Festival: Fun, Food, Support and Free Advice
- Letter to Editor: Legal Challenge To Striped Bass Regulations Gets Wide Support
- Letter to Editor: Trust the Science; Listen To the Experts
- Letter to Editor: With Memories of Escaping Russia, A Plea for Aid to Ukraine
- Letter to Editor: Tench Tilghman Chapter Meeting Planned in Chestertown
- Letter to Editor: A Year of Environmental Triumphs at Chesapeake Bay Environmental Center
